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BMW problems ‘don’t pressure’ form for 90,000 getting older automobiles over faulty Takata airbags

Baua Electric

The “do not drive” alert follows indistinguishable orders from Honda Motor Co., BMW, in a commentary , stated type levels with driving force’s airbags from Takata are affected: the 2000-2006 BMW 3 Sequence (E46) together with M3, the 2000-2003 5 Sequence (E39) together with M5, and the 2000-2004 X5s (E53). Ford Motor Co.

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News: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

Revolutionary New Honda EV In a first-ever technology pairing for series production, Honda is mating plug-in battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric in the all-new 2025 CR-V—e:FCEV. Carbon neutrality for all Honda products and corporate activities by 2050. Two (or is it three?)

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The Six People You Meet In the Car Business

The Truth About Cars

I first met& “Perry” at a Honda dealership& in Louisiana in 1986. The car business being a small, inbred industry would result in me bumping into Perry& several more times, once while he was selling Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Texas in 2003. .& These are their stories. Their names have been changed to protect the guilty.

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ICCT: ongoing cost reductions in full- and mild-hybrid systems could bring them into consumer mainstream by 2025

Green Car Congress

Also shown on the graph are 2017 cost estimates for the P2 (light blue) and BAS (red) systems, plus the mild hybrid cost estimate range from Valeo (red circle). The darker blue lines illustrate an alternative path to similar cost reductions, with 2.5% Hybrids also face the rising challenge of improved conventional vehicles.

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